Pepper caster



April 28,v 1925. 1,535,772

G. HAUFLl-:R-

PEPPER CASTER Filed April 1o', 1924 .Patented Apr. 28, 1925..

GOTTLOB HAUFLER, GF

PEPPER Application filed April 10,

it known that I, GoT'rLoB HAUFLER,

a citizen of the German Republic, and resident of Stuttgart, Germany, have invented a new and useful Pepper Castel', of

which the following is a. specilication.

This invention relates to` an improvement in pepper-casters of the kind in which the peppercorns are contained in a receptacle having a comparatively large bottom aperture and a grooved ball lin this aperture, the ball being iiXed to a spindle and this latter being provided with a handle, by means of which the ball can be rotated, its grooves then disintegrating the corns. My improvements in pepper casters of this kind consist, firstly, in providing the disintegrating ball with worm-like or spherical grooves instead of with parallel or co-aXial ones, and secondly, in providing its spindle with two handles or equivalent members at one end ot the spindle, the other at the other end thereof. i

The thus improved pepper caster is illustrated., by way oli example in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure f1. is a longitudinal or vertical section thereof, and Figure 2 is a horizontal or cross-section on line A-B of Figure l.

',lhe receptacle a consists, in the example shown, of wood, and is closed by a screwlid l).

The bottom of the chamber contain- STUTTGART, GERMANY.

CASTER.

1924. Serial No. 705,704.

ing the ,peppercorns consists of a ball It' which is secured to a spindle cl having at either end a handle 7L. The ball 7c is provided with a continuous groove 0 running around it like a spiral, the convolutions being arranged preferably obliquely with respect to said spindle. The corns are disintegrated by turning the ball Z4 by means of either of the handles 7L in one or the other direction.

I claim:

A pepper-caster, comprising, in combination: a receptable adapted to receive the peppercorns and having a comparatively wide outlet passage, the wall of which is spherically contracted near the pepper cornreceiving receptacle-chamber; and forms an inwardly projecting edge at its upper end; means for closing the receptacle at its top; a comparatively large ball forming the bottom of the .peppercorn receiving receptaclechamber and being arranged in said Wide outlet-passage and provided with a spirallyrunning groove adapted to co-operate with said edge; a spindle supported in the lower part of the receptacle-chamber, being firmly connected with said grooved ball, and a handle at either end oit said spindle.

GOHTLOB HAUFLER. lVitnesses HOWARD TAYLOR, AUGUST DIETRICH. 

